10 TV shows that are too amazing to miss

From scintillating sci-fi and charming costume dramas to the series making long-awaited comebacks, here are the things to watch as the nights draw in.

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The Crown

Period dramas were made for colder months, and Netflix’s ten-part royal offering for autumn is anticipated to be a winner. Starring Clare Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, alongside Matt Smith as Prince Philip, the first season out of an anticipated six focuses on the monarch’s life as a newlywed and her relationship with Downing Street.

Stranger Things

Fear you’ve missed the Stranger Things boat? Find yourself lost in conversations about Eleven and tele-kinetics? Worry not, you can still catch the sci-fi drama that everyone’s talking about on Netflix – but it’s advisable to pick a weekend when you can binge-watch all eight episodes in one go.

Humans

The much-anticipated second season of the popular sci-fi drama, which explores the blurred lines of a dystopian world in which synths live alongside humans, is currently on air. Season two picks up a few months after the first left off, as tensions between man and machines grow.

Black Mirror

The third season of Charlie Brooker’s Emmy-winning satirical series makes its move to Netflix, but the plot lines are anticipated to be as dark as ever.

Crazyhead

A comedy-horror six-parter in which an unlikely duo of early-twenty-something demon hunters end up navigating friendship, love and exorcisms together.

Westworld

The sci-fi theme is popular at the moment, as shown in Westworld – HBO’s remake of Michael Crichton’s 1973 film set in a futuristic, Western-themed amusement park in which robot “hosts” allow the high-paying visitors to live out fantasies through artificial consciousness with no consequences.

The Young Pope

It feels like a long time since we learned that Jude Law had been cast to play the pontiff, but now the time has finally arrived for his portrayal of Lenny Belardo, the complex and confused first American Pope with Diane Keaton co-starring as Sister Mary.

Planet Earth II

For those already lamenting the end of The Great British Bake Off, don’t fear – another beloved British classic is set to come back in November, as David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II hits our screens – ten years after the first series aired – showcasing the planet’s most extraordinary habitats.

Divorce

Sarah Jessica Parker fans rejoiced as the actress returned to screens in 10-part dark comedy Divorce . It’s only two weeks in, so catch up on protagonist Frances’s marital disharmony and get your SJP fix, fast.

Tutankhamun

Starring Max Irons and Sam Neill, ITV’s re-telling of the famous discovery fills the void left by Downton Abbey’s departure and is said to be a key contender in the costume drama stakes for this autumn.